Nathanial — #3681 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Nathanial

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,545 babies named Nathanial between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nathanial currently holds the #3681 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 371 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nathanial performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,997 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Nathanial shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 836 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nathanial in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nathanial in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,545 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.